0 Any advice on breaking into IB from horrendously convoluted route appreciated 1 10y
+59 Q&A: Ex-BB analyst across US and Asia in Oil&Gas/Power 18 10y
0 HSBC 2016 GBM Superday 2/12 13 10y
+29 Corporate Strategy at Banks vs Investment Banking 20 10y
+4 Asset and Liability Management IBD or not? 1 10y
0 Rewind - Former Goldman intern program manager discusses how to make the most of your summer internship + Q&A 0 10y
0 Should I take an unpaid internship? 3 10y
0 Cost of Equity for a delisted firm 5 10y
+9 Translation of EV/EBITDA multiple to a P/E multiple for private company 3 10y
+17 Healthcare: generalist? 4 10y
0 Tricky IERS situation 1 10y
+24 The Best Success Stories on WSO 7 10y
+30 J.P. Morgan to Workaholics: Knock It Off 13 10y
0 Capital One - Capital Markets 12 10y
0 Simple LBO question 0 10y
+10 so called Financing capabilities of non-pure players 4 10y
+48 Time allocation: CFA, GMAT, IB. 41 10y
0 Financial analysis database (like Bloomberg) 0 10y
0 Anyone heard of this bank? 0 10y
0 Interview Timing question 0 10y
0 GS LA vs Barclays LA 4 10y
+9 Modelling FX translations - b/s won't balance 3 10y
+20 Incoming Harvard Freshman --> Investment Banking 18 10y
0 EY, PWC and Antares Capital (GE Capital) internship offers 4 10y
+16 Three Statement Modeling Test 0 10y
0 Webinar Rewind - ​Co-investments and Fund of Funds Overview + Q&A 0 10y
+3 Century City SA places to live w/out car 2 10y
0 Best Club Leadership Position Besides President 0 10y
+8 Greenhill LA closed? 3 10y
0 Investment Banking Help 0 10y
0 Global Markets Reporting and Efficiency Analyst 0 10y
+6 Free Industry Specific M&A Reports 5 10y
+17 Frank Quattrone Leaves Qatalyst 6 10y
0 LBO pro forma balance sheet stub period 4 10y
+11 Is an integrated financial model necessary for forecasting financials & valuation? 3 10y
+13 why oil&gas / Energy & Power from an M&A Perspective 6 10y
0 Using Offer as Leverage to Get Super Day? 7 10y
0 Lease Memo 0 10y
+45 Dcm and chances getting into it ? 101 10y
0 WDC - SNDK Merger 1 10y
+26 Superday help needed - IBD Summer Associate 25 10y
0 Barclays & CS LA Summer Analyst Recruiting 9 10y
0 Background check concern! 1 10y
0 JMP Securities for someone from M&A group? 5 10y
0 Second coffee interview a year later 1 10y
0 UBS Industry Cov. vs. ECM vs. DCM 0 10y
+57 How to fail the CFA® level 2 Exam 13 10y
0 BAML LA IBD VS. GS HK ECM 2 10y
+20 Accepted FToffer & interviewing with another BB, how to answer "did you accept the offer" 13 10y
+23 Asking an Analyst for Interview Advice? 5 10y
+16 Financial Sponsors Groups rankings? 6 10y
+68 Networking Internally - Good or bad? 104 10y
0 Help: Background Check calling my Acting/Talent Agency I worked at 5 years ago? 3 10y
0 Accretive / Dilutive Question 1 10y
0 cash flow statement in merger model necessary? 2 10y
+15 JP Morgan vs Morgan Stanley 17 10y
0 Physics vs CS vs EE 9 10y
+37 IB in LA's Exit Ops 9 10y
+37 IB over PE? 25 10y
0 Help: Case Study Interview IBD SA 4 10y
0 3 years into BB M&A. Worth doing an MBA if considering Corp Dev in long run? 3 10y
0 Leaving to start a company to compete with a client 0 10y
+18 Transitioning into a woman PE. 11 10y
0 jp morgan sa 2013 sf 1 10y
+12 any info on top la firms 4 10y
0 seven hills partners in sf 3 10y
+27 No SA offer yet - Plan B options???? 31 10y
0 Interview with senior level IB exec 0 10y
0 Lots of Finance Electives /w Liberal Arts Major vs. Business Major with Less Finance Courses 0 10y
+19 Showing models you've made to differentiate yourself ? 18 10y
+38 Opinion required: HF career track vs MBA 15 10y
0 Internship at Boutique Investment Bank in DC 1 10y
+26 Question regarding Comparable Company Analysis 3 10y
0 Breaking into IB as a graduate student from a top-2 CS program? 0 10y
+26 Legal role at bulge bracket investment bank 5 10y
+14 Will I get dinged for this for recruiting? 5 10y
+334 Advice from an ex-IB MD - The Importance Of Failure 176 10y
+5 Morgan Stanley Sophomore Investment Banking Summer Analyst Program 2015 35 10y
0 International student majoring in Econ/math at USC 3 10y
+59 How much does GPA matter once it is above 3.5 for OCR? 20 10y
+10 Credit Rating firms internships before Junior Year SA IB? 4 10y
0 No debt FLDP vs ~60k MFin to banking 7 10y
+5 UVA vs. USC vs. Vanderbilt 5 10y
+73 Interest Rate Hike 74 10y
0 Valuation of merged firm 2 10y
0 Lazard/Greenhill - Average Summer Associate Intern Hires? 0 10y
0 Is it possible to lateral from strats to IBD? 6 10y
+12 Incoming Interview Candidate on Linkedin? 26 10y
0 JPM Superday going to be through phone 6 10y
0 Not a single interview yet - Resume? 12 10y
0 26 y/o going to DC Part Time MBA Program 0 10y
0 Advice on options (IBD -> PE) 3 10y
0 Is HLHZ still hiring for SA? 2 10y
0 LBO beginner question 1 10y
+22 Background check - can my offer be rescinded? 13 10y
+9 Combined Internship Experience on Resume? 1 10y
+34 Other analyst doesn't like me, unsure what to do 22 10y
+7 what can i do this summer? 1st year student 8 10y
0 Gaziantepspor Fenerbahce Maci Canli izle 0 10y
0 Gaziantepspor Fenerbahçe Maçi Canli izle 06.12.2015 0 10y

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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